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Fantasy Sports: A Popular Hobby
By Jeff Oreilly
A Fantasy Sport is a game where a person builds a team
comprised of individual players of a professional sport. These team
"owners" compete against others based on the individual
professional's real statistics. Simple versions of this convert
statistics into points earned by each team, then determine the
outcome. Other more complicated versions create a computer
model of the game by inputting the statistics of each player
generated by their professional sport. Examples of fantasy sports are
Fantasy Football, Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Hockey, etc.
Fantasy Football is played by football fans who assemble a team of
real NFL players with their real statistics. These teams join a
league of from 8-12 teams, then compete throughout a regular
season. Often these leagues even have playoffs at the end of the
season. A typical roster is made up of 2 quarterbacks, 3 running
backs, 5 wide receivers, 2 tight ends, 2 placekickers, and 2
defenses. Points are scored similar to real football, with extra
points added for running or passing for many yards at a time, and
points subtracted for turnovers.
Fantasy Baseball has a very similar format to Fantasy Football,
with players who manage baseball teams made up of real life
baseball players. It is the earliest form of Fantasy Sports, with
origins in a form called "tabletop baseball". This form of Fantasy
Baseball was made up from customized baseball cards with stats
from recent seasons. Players then made up fantasy teams from
these cards and played imaginary baseball games against each
other. Tabletop baseball evolved into a form called Rotisserie
Leage Baseball, where stats were taken from the current season
and events such as injuries were counted into the game. Methods
of choosing players for a team include an auction, where players
pay for which professionals they want, or a round-robin draft until
teams are filled.
Fantasy Hockey is similar to the other popular versions of Fantasy
Sports. Players are chosen from real NHL players. A typical Fantasy
Hockey team is made up of 2 centers, 2 left wings, 2 right wings, 4
defensemen, and 2 goalies. Two types of leagues are Head-to-
Head, where owners play one on one games each week, and
Rotisserie, where all owners are trying to win the most amount of
points, with no weekly competition.
Fantasy Sports
online has grown into a huge business, generating over $100
million in revenue. Over 30 million Americans play fantasy sports.
Each year the number of internet leagues and websites grows
substantially.
About the Author
Jeff OReilly is an author of several books on many topics and a leader in seo and website production. Fantasy Sports
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